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Torsion of a mucocele of the veriform appendix: report of a case
Mucocele of the appendix refers to an appendix that is distended by mucus and transformed in a mucus-filled sac. Appendicular torsion is rare. Primary and secondary forms of appendicular torsion are known. Our patient presented to the emergency department with complaints mimicking acute appendicitis...
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author | Knol, M E de Leede, E M van Beurden, A |
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description | Mucocele of the appendix refers to an appendix that is distended by mucus and transformed in a mucus-filled sac. Appendicular torsion is rare. Primary and secondary forms of appendicular torsion are known. Our patient presented to the emergency department with complaints mimicking acute appendicitis. Imaging with computed tomography and ultrasound showed a cystic lesion most likely originating from the right ovary. The veriform appendix was located close to this lesion and seemed to be distended. During diagnostic laparoscopy, a torsion of the veriform appendix due to a mucocele was found and an appendectomy was performed. Histopathological analysis confirmed the diagnosis. Torsion of the vermiform appendix is most often diagnosed intra-operatively. Pre-operative radiologic imaging is often not useful in the detection of appendicular abnormalities other than acute appendicitis. The treatment consists of detorsion and appendectomy. |
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spelling | pubmed-76945962020-12-02 Torsion of a mucocele of the veriform appendix: report of a case Knol, M E de Leede, E M van Beurden, A J Surg Case Rep Case Report Mucocele of the appendix refers to an appendix that is distended by mucus and transformed in a mucus-filled sac. Appendicular torsion is rare. Primary and secondary forms of appendicular torsion are known. Our patient presented to the emergency department with complaints mimicking acute appendicitis. Imaging with computed tomography and ultrasound showed a cystic lesion most likely originating from the right ovary. The veriform appendix was located close to this lesion and seemed to be distended. During diagnostic laparoscopy, a torsion of the veriform appendix due to a mucocele was found and an appendectomy was performed. Histopathological analysis confirmed the diagnosis. Torsion of the vermiform appendix is most often diagnosed intra-operatively. Pre-operative radiologic imaging is often not useful in the detection of appendicular abnormalities other than acute appendicitis. The treatment consists of detorsion and appendectomy. Oxford University Press 2020-11-27 /pmc/articles/PMC7694596/ /pubmed/33274042 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa442 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2020. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Case Report Knol, M E de Leede, E M van Beurden, A Torsion of a mucocele of the veriform appendix: report of a case |
title | Torsion of a mucocele of the veriform appendix: report of a case |
title_full | Torsion of a mucocele of the veriform appendix: report of a case |
title_fullStr | Torsion of a mucocele of the veriform appendix: report of a case |
title_full_unstemmed | Torsion of a mucocele of the veriform appendix: report of a case |
title_short | Torsion of a mucocele of the veriform appendix: report of a case |
title_sort | torsion of a mucocele of the veriform appendix: report of a case |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7694596/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33274042 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa442 |
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